The estate grew to accommodate families moving away from older industrial areas with new housing, schools, churches and community centres built.
These pictures from the archive capture life there from the 1990s to the mid 2010s.
13. A parting shot
A funeral with a difference as muskets are fired in salute to a history enthusiast in West View Cemetery in 2008. Photo: TC
14. Light on his feet at 90
Sequence dancer Patrick Mahoney celebrated his 90th birthday at West View Community Centre. Photo: DW
15. Church scene
A picture of a Nativity show at West View's Holy Trinity Church. Year unknown. Photo: TC
16. Wok Inn
A look inside the former Wok Inn Chinese restaurant on West View Road as it looked in 2008. Photo: GW
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